You have seen me struggle to navigate some of life’s speedbumps over the last year ‘plus’ but I am in the process of wrapping up the last loose ends. Finally! And boy am I SO ready to kick up the rpm a notch or two and move ahead with things.
I got my eye cataracts issues (the last speedbump on the list) resolved last month and have now resumed the ability to paint without holding a magnifying glass between me and a canvas. It is glorious. I still need to go have a new set of glasses made with whatever my prescription is at this point so I can stop wearing an outdated (maybe 6 years old) pair of glasses I scrounged out of the bottom drawer.
So… what is on the docket now? That’s a good question.
I am astounded at how far behind I have gotten with day to day ‘stuff’. Maybe I should spend the next year cleaning my house, selling and gifting unnecessary household clutter, finding my gardens again, and overhauling all my business footprint. BUT, summer heat is upon us and life is far too short to be so myopic as to miss another precious moment with misdirected priorities. So, I am going to try and fold the catching-up and the new adventures together.
There are new marriages to honor, birthdays to celebrate, historical lectures to give on northern shores, fish to be caught, campfires to contemplate, and art to make.
Oh, as for what these pictures allude to, I am framing up a modest collection of work for a one-woman show coming up. Stay tuned and I will pop the announcement up here — probably tomorrow. Whee ….. and we’re off!
Kelly E. James 